#87EDEA#87EDEA

#87EDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.096 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87EDEA
RGB	rgb(135, 237, 234)
HSL	hsl(178, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(178, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -30.46, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 31.46, 194.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0934 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.096 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1213, 71.6554, 88.7521)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87EDEA #ED878A

analogous

#87EDB7 #87EDEA #87BDED

triadic

#87EDEA #EA87ED #EDEA87

tetradic

#87EDEA #B787ED #ED878A #BDED87

square

#87EDEA #B787ED #ED878A #BDED87

split-complementary

#87EDEA #ED87BD #EDB787

monochromatic

#21D9D4 #52E5E1 #87EDEA #BCF5F3 #E4FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#87EDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#87EDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87EDEA

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87EDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87EDEA	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87edea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 237, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.096 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0f3f0',
    500: '#87edea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87edea;
$custom-light: #b0f3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87edea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88344,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87EDEA

secondary

#C85154

accent

#0F15D6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #87EDEA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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